Scientology Dead Agents* Itself

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, scientology wasted no time rolling out a whole new website of smear after the premiere of Leah Remini: Scientology and The Aftermath. Because of this, Thursday Funnies have taken a one week hiatus while I comment on this latest development from the fevered mind of Miscavige.

Cleverly (?) titled Aftermath: After Money (no doubt Miscavige got a kick out of that, probably thought it up himself, laughed at his own cleverness and his sycophants all laughed along with him) it announces in its headline what has come to be the hallmark of scientology’s “Dead Agent”* efforts: They accuse everyone else of what they do. Starting right with their “clever” title.

Hey there Scrooge McDuckavige, do you know that docuseries like this are done on a shoestring budget — absolute peanuts compared to a network sitcom? If Leah was interested in making money she would be doing what she has very successfully done in the past, making a sitcom. Or if she really wanted to be rolling in the dough she could start a tax-exempt charity that claims to do good around the world, produces staged fundraising videos, hands out gauche statuses and gaudy trophies and then sit on the piles of money her team of vultures fundraisers extracts. Sound familiar?

The other hallmark of a scientology “Dead Agent Caper” is to absolutely ignore what is being exposed (see definition of Dead Agent below – scientology cannot do anything not covered in policy written by L. Ron Hubbard). Never respond. Just pretend the rapes, broken families and destroyed lives don’t exist and ramble on about what poor victims you are and how terrible people are exposing your putrid, diseased underbelly.

So, here is the “Statement of the Church of Scientology International” about Leah Remini: Scientology and The Aftermath sentence by sentence.

Leah Remini’s “reality” show, like her last one, is nothing more than a scripted, rehearsed, acted and dramatized work of fiction.

Now the first episode has aired you can decide for yourself whether the show was scripted, rehearsed, acted or dramatized.

If you want to see “gun-to-the-head” scripted videos check out the ones on the church page from Todd Woodruff or my brother, daughter or ex-wife. Those things are North Korean POW level awful. As I said, accuse others of what they are doing.

She and the other anti-Scientologists in her program have been expelled from the Church for unethical conduct.

Well, that is likely true. AFTER the fact. They love to “expel” (?) people after they have left of their own accord, rewrite history and claim they kicked them out.

Funny, when I left, I was actually being the international spokesperson for scientology and had flown to the UK to deal with BBC Panorama. Are they really trying to say that I was “expelled for unethical conduct” but was still appearing on TV on behalf of the mother church? No different from Leah – she left of her own accord, not because anyone “threw her out.” Hell, David Miscavige hisself was trying to “salvage” Leah to the very end. Same for everyone else in the show, some of whom literally had to escape and were chased by security guards to try and prevent them from leaving.

Leah Remini is in it for the money and now tries to pretend otherwise.

See above. I can assure you this is not a moneymaking venture for Leah. There are a LOT of other ways she could make a LOT more money than a docuseries. But put that aside, look at Kirstie Alley. She has been living fat and happy (well, at least the former) off Cheers residuals for decades. And she still forks over beaucoup bucks to scientology. King of Queens is still in syndication all over the world. The biggest increase in Leah’s spendable income was actually leaving scientology- no drain on her income is a MUCH bigger increase in her net wealth than anything she might get from making a docuseries.

Her claim on Today that, “I’m not going to get a dime,” as executive producer of her new reality TV show is disingenuous. Ms. Remini obviously is being compensated for this show, just as she profited from her book.

Even if she were being compensated for this series, I would be sure it is a loser for her (as in she could earn a LOT more doing comedy but cannot because she has been involved in this show). But hell, David Miscavige is recompensed handsomely for being involved in scientology. His compensation is massive – hot and cold running servants, apartments all over the world, private jets, imported food cooked by his personal chefs etc etc But of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with Miscavige (and a lot of fundraisers) making a pretty penny off scientology but how dare anyone else muscle in on his racket. And in scientology’s twisted logic, if Laura Prepon is compensated handsomely for playing a drug-dealing lesbian on Orange Is The New Black it’s wonderful, as long as she keeps forking over to scientology. Watch out if she ever decides she has had enough of scientology — they will have a field day with her. And finally, profits from books is L. Ron Hubbard/scientology’s forte. They internally publish their own books and charge 3X standard prices for a similar book in a bookstore. The profit made on scientology books makes the $12 plastic cup of beer at a baseball stadium seem like a give-away.

In addition, she recently attempted to extort the Church by first demanding $500,000, followed by an additional $1 million, because the Church invoked its First Amendment right to respond to her false claims with the truth. This shows the extent Leah Remini is willing to go to in order to distort the truth about Scientology.

The church writes dozens of threat letters and has hot and cold running lawyers soaking them for millions every year. Leah’s lawyer sends them a letter and suddenly they are butthurt about their rights under the “First Amendment” being messed with. Hey there – how about HER First Amendment rights? Or mine? Oh, we don’t qualify for that because we have been “expelled.”

By the way Dave, Leah’s letter did not say you were not allowed to speak the truth. It did not say “give me money and I will stop doing the show.” In fact, the letter was about things YOU said, not what she was doing or threatening to do. It was focused on the lie you repeated about her concern over the well-being of your own wife being falsely labeled a “publicity stunt. ” Scientology bullies people all the time with legal letters threatening to sue them into oblivion “if you air this” or “unless you do that.” THAT is extortion. And you do it ALL THE TIME. Leah’s lawyer laid out your lies specifically and stated they have already caused harm and wish to be recompensed for the damage you did. That is not extortion. Extortion would be “unless you pay me $1.5 million I am going to put together a series of shows that will tear you many new, gaping assholes (your words about John Sweeney).” That would be a form of extortion. But that is not what happened at all.

And then somehow, you then conflate your mischaracterizations into “proving” how far Leah will go “in order to distort the truth”? What, did Dan Sherman write this for you?

The mark of a true bully is the guy that kicks sand in everyone’s face and as soon as the favor is returned, starts screaming that he is being “being assaulted and blinded by razor sharp pieces of silica stabbed into my cornea.” That is you Dave. A big crybaby.

Leah Remini has repeatedly disparaged and exploited her former faith for profit and attention through a series of failed publicity stunts, …

…well, I guess the legal letter worked. They are scared now to say that Leah filing a missing person report on Shelly Miscavige was a “publicity stunt” so it’s become a generalized statement of nothing. Wonder what they even consider these “stunts” were that they cannot name them?

…culminating in her reality TV show featuring a cast of admitted liars who to make a buck have been telling differing versions of the same false tales of abuse for years.

Again, no “publicity stunts” “culminated” in the TV show. It’s a bizarre and logically flawed statement.

As for the “admitted liars” this may be true. I have certainly admitted to lying WHEN I WAS IN THE CHURCH. It is common, in fact routine, for scientologists to lie when they are operating on the “greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics” and the greater purpose of “planetary clearing.” To be clear, not a single person in this (or any other) show has admitted to lying SINCE leaving the corrosive influence of scientology.

Many of their allegations have been reviewed and discredited in courts of law.

Name one. Just one. Scientology and Miscavige are terrified of appearing in court on ANY of these issues. Miscavige sends armies of expensive lawyers to fight to the death to prevent him from ever having to answer up to any of these charges. The one time in recent history where this did come up in court was when the church sued Debbie Cook in San Antonio. One session of Debbie Cook on the stand recounting her personal stories of abuse caused the church to run like cockroaches when the lights are turned on. They could not get out of that courtroom fast enough.

A&E’s promotion of their agenda smacks of bigotry.

What does this even mean? “Smacks of bigotry”? Scared to come right out and say “A&E is bigoted”? What a ridiculous and meaningless assertion. Why is A&E evan “smacking” of bigotry? Because you don’t like what they air? Remember those First Amendment rights you cherish so much? Well?

It also is sad that Leah Remini attacks and exploits those who tirelessly worked to help her when no one else was willing to tolerate her behavior. The Church was always there for Leah Remini, including picking her up from the ground after her meltdown following her firing from The Talk.

Hahaha – cue the tiny violins. Poor scientology who have nothing but Leah’s best interests in mind.

Read Leah’s books for a description of the “tireless work” they did to help her. They DID tirelessly work to take her money. That would be about it. Her book also describes the events surrounding The Talk.

Leah Remini has become what she once vowed she would never be: “This bitter ex-Scientologist.” As we have stated numerous times, Leah Remini needs to move on with her life and career.

Well, so what if Leah IS a “bitter ex-scientologist”? The number of extremely bitter ex-scientologists continues to grow daily. Scientology is the only one to blame for having accumulated an army of bitter ex-scientologist. Do they think the Catholic church is creating bitter ex-scientologists? Maybe it’s the psychs? Could not possibly be them — they never do anything wrong.

And you know Dave, you lost your chance to dictate what Leah Remini does in her life. You had that for 20 years – like every other good scientologist if you told her to jump she jumped. Now you don’t have that luxury. You seem to think that because you say someone should “move on” they should snap to attention, respond “Yes, Sir” and be on their way. That only works in the bubble. It really sucks for you that the real world isn’t like scientology sycophant land. Funny how life works like that.

She needs to stop blaming the Church and others for all of her personal and professional setbacks and take responsibility.

Well, I have yet to hear her blame the church for “personal and professional setbacks” — what are you even talking about? That you took millions of dollars from her? She should stop complaining about that? Or that you tried (and failed) to destroy her family? I am sure you would LOVE her to stop naming you and quietly go away. But like I said, you lost your chance at that. Maybe you shouldn’t have kicked her and expelled her but instead tried to keep her on your side? Hell, you had everything going for you. She WANTED it to all be true. She wanted to be in scientology. And you screwed it up.

Most of all, she needs to quit promoting hatred and religious intolerance as a means to line her pockets.

Hahaha. If you honestly think that anyone outside your shrinking bubble buys into the idea that exposing rape, fraud, Fair Game, breaking up families and other abuses is “promoting hate and religious intolerance” you are worse off than even I think you are. It’s an interesting trick – have “religious scripture” that calls for doing all these things and then when someone exposes them, yell “religious intolerance.” But that is exactly what scientology does. You are such cry-babies.

“Leah Remini: Aftermath” is really “Leah Remini: After Money.”

So amazingly clever. I have my own “clever” phrase for you: $scientology: If it’s not fundraising, it’s not $scientology.

And finally, the real point of all this.

They say NOTHING about destroying Amy’s family with their sordid disconnection control mechanism. Nothing about Amy being raped and the church covering it up. Nothing about David Miscavige beating people up. Nothing about 24/7 security watch to prevent someone from leaving.

No, they respond with NOTHING other than ad hominem attacks that are manufactured out of wholecloth.

*Dead Agent: A term Hubbard borrowed from Sun Tzu’s Art of War to describe a spy whose cover has been blown. Hubbard adapted it to the field of “PR” where he decreed that if you are being attacked by someone you find the biggest lie they are saying and disprove it. From then on the person will no longer be a credible source of information – hence a “Dead Agent” or discredited source. This was then made into a verb “to Dead Agent” and is in common use in scientology. Unfortunately, L. Ron Hubbard did not contemplate that someone saying something negative about him or scientology could be TRUE. So, the only thing they are left with is to ignore the true statements and still try to “discredit the source” by claiming they are “in it for money” are a “sexual pervert” (or something similar) or are telling lies because they are an “apostate” and “it is well known that apostates lie.” They MUST try to “discredit the source” if they are saying anything negative about scientology, because that is what you do according to L. Ron Hubbard.

I’ve been dealing with a few things in real life so haven’t had a chance to chime in of late. Just wanted to say well done Mike and Leah and Amy and all on the A&E program. The audience for this is huge and I’m so proud of you all for your candor in such a big way. Your voice will never be silenced!

I never get involved in anything like these kinds of message boards. I’m a Christian and kind of a pacifist by nature. And for the longest time, I have been like so many others and have just viewed this cult as a joke and something to be avoided at all costs.

But this series really got me to see the true evils of what is actually going on here with this organization. You and Leah are absolutely right – The abuse has to be stopped. Beliefs are of course up to each individual person, but it NEVER justifies the horrible abuse that is clear as day here. David Miscavige has done much to show his true colors, despite his apparent best “efforts” to hide them. And as an American Citizen, I feel so ashamed that this started here in our own country and has yet to be stopped. Why hasn’t he been stopped?!

My question to you is simply this: What can I DO to help take this tyrant down?

How else, beyond sharing this documentary with friends and family and boosting the signal, can I help to get the right powers-that-be to take action against them? If you provide people with these steps, I think you would see major swift action taken across the country that would, at the verybleast, be in the right direction. And then, justice could finally be done, families freed, and lives restored.

I want to also say thank you to all of you who have spoken out. This took a tremeandous amount of courage and effort, and I hope the fruits of your labors come to pass. Keep up the good fight.

Tell your local politicians about Scientology, so that Scientology can’t get way with their crimes anymore. Scientology loves to collect “influencers”. That includes your mayor, police chief, city counsel and school board members. Share Leah’s show with them.

If Scientology comes to your town, they will not show their true selves at first. They will use front groups like Way to Happiness, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Youth for Human Rights International, Volunteer Ministers, and Narconon International. If you see any of these groups trying to Infiltrate your community you need to blow the whistle on them. The most common thing that can happen is Foundation for a Drug-Free World will give a talk at a local school. They will not mention Scientology, but all the science in the talk will be bunk.

Tell your congress person, and US senator that you want Scientology’s IRS tax exemption taken away. Tell them you want Scientology investigated for human trafficking and abuse of the R-1 Temporary Nonimmigrant Religious Worker Visa.

Mike, you and Leah were wonderful in the first installment because you let Bonnie and Amy and Mat tell their stories. Both of you are media-savvy, and it makes a HUGE difference.

Someone mentioned that Leah was also to be on Dr. Oz, so I recorded it. It was the best promo for the series that I have seen. Dr. Oz basically let her talk, and she was fantastic. What has gotten a lot of publicity is that she said that Scientology should sue her, but they would never do it because then they would have to be deposed.

Someone pointed out that since the debacle with Debbie Cook, where her testimony is now a part of public record, they haven’t sued anybody.

I only had one little quibble with the Dr. Oz show. Leah said that fair game had been repealed. I believe that it is the mention of fair game that was prohibited, not the policy itself.

Is there anyone left that believes even a single word this cult issues about it’s former members? It seems like the ONLY people that would believe their nonsense is their own followers. Are their press releases for their followers because they have been caught lying too many times. So much in fact, that you know whatever they say is about a 180 from the truth.

That said, public opinion is and has turned against this cult. They are either feared or laughed at, depending on the amount of exposure a person has been subjected to. First fear, because of Scientology’s bullying fair game tactics (and enforcement of Disconnection for those “in”) and then follows laughter. More though are simply skipping the fear part (Cult has no more bite anymore, just comical press releases) and skipping to Scientology being the butt of the joke.

I find it funny, all of the disparaging and childish names they call their former member/critics such as liar, criminal, etc. You had these people in your organization for decades, even speaking publicly as Leah did on behalf of the Church many times. And we all know you don’t make statements to the press without OSA driven coaching. And this just doesn’t happen unless you are trusted – just like the Squirrel busters, two of which I personally know and they have been on the Moxon payroll for years.

And neither do you get into key positions without trust. This means all their technology is bullsh*t, or their application of it is bullsh*t, or it’s a combo of bullsh*t. And frankly, given that they boast they have the technology to handle anyone and everyone, then why can’t they handle SPs? Why don’t they have a way to stop all the defections before they happen? They fail at “detecting, routing or handling” SPs? Thus, they don’t have all the answers. In fact, the intelligence level of their press releases seems to indicate that they only have the dullest left or those too beat down and apathetic to escape. Well done Miscavige. You got rid of the thinkers and we have a platform called the internet to expose your inhumanity.

First time on your site and really researching Scientology in general after watching going clear and now the docuseries. I hope you take them down. I’m sure you aren’t proud of the things you did there but you are doing the right thing now and that’s all you can do. Keep it up u have a lot of supporters

My sister, Joan Treasure, whom I got into Scio in ’73, did not speak to me for close to 25-30 years after I was declared a suppressive person. She also cut ties with our other sister and mother and father. For a number of years we did not know if she was alive or dead. All calls to her were answered by a person who claimed Joan was there (at their secret location in Hemet, California), that she was busy but would return the call shortly. She never did. That is until I called and calmly stated that if we did not hear back from Joan in 30 minutes, I would go to the police. That worked. But she still would not talk to me, only to our other sister who was never in Scientology. More recently she will have limited chats with me (and never about the church) but I know this is so she can report back that I have been “handled” (no longer a threat to the church publicly) and can continue to have services in the church.
Incidentally, I picketed the local church once with a sign reading “Joan Treasure Please Call Home. Your Family Loves You” . (pretty suppressive, huh?)
That got some press and a spot on someone’s website but no other result until I made that call.
Your family are lost to you unless you toe the line.

Your sister was my first professional auditor. She was still Joan Brownlee at the time, and Scientology was quite different to what it became – a fundraising dictatorial cult. She was a great lady and a fine auditor.
I’m sorry that things turned out how they did but I wish her and you the best.

I am wondering who in COS had the brains to not go after Bonnie Elliott? If they have posted a smear campaign against her I have not seen it commented on. I want to believe there is the tiniest bit of decency in the cult. One tiny tiny bit of human decency.
Lots of love to Mat and Amy. Keep up the outstanding work Mr. Rinder and Ms Remini. This series could go one for years if each week was the story of one ex-COS detailing their experiences while in.

Yesterday I was having the same thoughtsand considering their smear campains and their behavour in the past, I came then to the conclusion that Dave and OSA have no decency and the reason is because they are afraid of the public outcry and backlash.

I was in scio on staff in the 70’s for 6 years, in Australia. Statute of limitations long expired by now but I know of at least 2 cases of incest that were kept quiet by the church specifically for PR reasons. One of them concerned a guy who diddled with his daughter or daughters, confessed this privately in session, was assigned a “condition”, did some amends project, then simply had everyone sign his petition to allow him to return to good standing in the group. Though his petition did not reveal details of what he had done, I asked him directly at the time and that was his admission to me. My regret is that I did nothing more about that. This and Amy’s experience are typically how things were dealt with in the church, not just in the US but worldwide. Definitely the principle concern was (and is, evidently) to keep it all quiet.

So Leah needs to get on with her life and career, does she? Just another example of the church sneeringly trying to dictate what others should do with their lives. The irony is that Leah IS getting on with her life and career, just not in the way the church might like.

Ho, Ho, Ho, “Scrooge McDuckavige”! Reading this blew some charge; in other words, I felt relief when Mike Rinder put David Miscavige in his place. Here are some of my favorites:

“Exposing your putrid, diseased underbelly”; “hot and cold running servants”; “hot and cold running lawyers”; “will tear you many new, gaping assholes”; ” the church to run like cockroaches when the lights are turned on”; “You are such cry-babies.”

In which David Miscavige is ripped to shreds and fed to the hogs. Is it possible for a single person to be more wrong than David Miscavige? What perfect storm of character defects have come together to create a person so completely off the mark yet so blissfuly unaware of it?

The smear website for the show offers out-of-context quotes from LA Times and The Hollywood Reporter making it look like they gave the show terrible reviews which they did not! Now the ratings are in and the news is really terrible. For Miscavige!

That’s got to be frustrating. Here are two people, Mike Rinder and Leah Remini whom he has waged character assassination against, interviewing people he has waged character assassination against and they’re WINNING! They’ve got lives , family and friends. They’ve got a show about what a rotten egg Miscavige is and it’s a hit on Prime time TV! To add insult to injury the show is using his attacks to feed its success!

I think tonight somebody is going to need to open a bottle of scotch and play an old video, the one where an audience of thousands cheers madly and a movie star tearfully salutes him.

On the topic of projection, I just watched the video from Todd and Cristin Woodruff that COS posted. They claimed that Leah “tracked them down”, somehow found their phone number and possibly sent someone to take pictures outside their house. Now who do we know that does all of these things routinely to their ex-members?

“To be treated this way and tracked down by a private investigator and have to drag my family into this … it’s just not right.” I could not agree more.

There is really no point in me getting into any details about this screed. Mike’s got this covered aplenty already. However, I can’t help but make two general observations:

1. If someone had asked me to write up whatever statement I thought Ms. Pouw-Miscavige would be releasing (and I am using this term very deliberately), my version would have ended up very close to the actual product. It’s THAT predictable.

2. Let’s assume someone reads this who watched this show out of curiosity, someone who had never heard much, one way or the other, about scientology. Would this statement put to rest concerns they may have developed about this “church” during the show or would it further confirm them? And would their conclusions get them to dismiss this documentary or would they resolve that they’d better inform themselves some more in weeks to come?

It’s been said: “It’s better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Obviously, the same could be said for sociopathic bullies!

The other aspect of Leah’s program, which was refreshing, was how Amy’s mother simply walked away from her “eternity”. This is a very big deal for Scnists. The idea that you will be doomed, lifetime after lifetime, should you forego Scn. I know it was a major obstacle when I left the church. Just the idea that real people are making this decision every day erodes the church’s grip on its members.

Thanks for pointing this out, statpush. One day as I Photojournaled for “JennyAtLAX” at PAC Base in Los Angeles, taking pictures of scientology’s comings-and-goings, PAC Security Guard Odo G. Huber asked me about my “eternity”; that I had just chucked it down the shoot.

“‘Eternity'”? I snorted. “You’ve gotta be kidding!”

I’ll not soon forget the look on Odo’s face. He looked so serious as his jaw dragged on the sidewalk.

It’s so funny that the COS doesn’t realize that every time they attack Leah and other “SP’s”, that they are further convincing the general public what a rotten organization they are. Leah, Jason Beghe, and many others, are some of the most popular people on the planet. They have many millions of fans worldwide. And they just continue these juvenile attacks on them. Oh well, it’s fun to watch them put nails in their own coffins.

” Leave people AND THEIR FAMILIES alone, and they will leave you alone.”

It’s way too late for second chances here. The accumulated evil that he’s done, and the families that he’s harmed and destroyed, require that he brought to justice now. Indeed, the only possible way that the cherch can survive is to identify the real Super SP I/C that’s been destroying the religion from the inside, then reform itself completely, beginning with putting an end to the vile policies of coerced disconnection and Fair Game.

Some sort of Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal needs to be convened in order to try and make right the many crimes and massive human rights violations that $cn has engaged in since the cherch’s earliest days. Massive amends need to be made in a spirit of true contrition to all the many who’ve been harmed over the six plus decades of this fuax religion’s reign of terror.

“Indeed, the only possible way that the cherch can survive is to identify the real Super SP I/C that’s been destroying the religion from the inside..” …..( I think that theme has pretty much runs it’s course for a few decades now)

So amazingly clever. I have my own ‘clever’ phrase for you: $scientology: If it’s not fundraising, it’s not $scientology.”

I like that one, here’s another: “With Scientology, it’s ALWAYS worse than you think!”

In fact, we could go on for days here with the comical, but barbed slogans (Free Xenu…NOW!!!), and with reminders of the cult’s penchant for placing its own members into internal exile, and even falsely imprisoning them (T-shirt to read: “Where’s Shelly?”). Or how about something even more directly revelatory about DM’s truly evil nature: “To: David Miscavige…Lisa Mcpherson died for your sins!”

In addition to the many valid points of refutation that you make in today’s piece, I’m really enjoying the direct manner with which you are responding to “the little man behind the curtain,” whose micro-management of this PR debacle can be directly perceived as his words are spoken through the mouths of his enthralled minions.

Why even pretend to address the cherch as a corporation whose board of directors have any kind of power or control over the decisions that are made concerning the cherch? It’s all lil davey – fully in command and totally in charge – so everyone should be addressing him directly, regardless of which “spokeshole” his words come out of.

Leah Remini’s show had an initial viewership of 2 1/2 million. Pretty good for little A & E. With all the other times that episode will air, total viewership may be around 10 million per episode. And there are 9 more episodes waiting to air.

Many have said that each escapee has caused $cientology a paper cut. Leah’s show is like slicing off a finger joint, Yakuza style. And each new episode will take another finger joint. At this rate, the clampire will run out of typing fingers around New Years Day.

There are so many stories of disconnection, splitting apart of spouses, rapes and financial chicanery and outright fraud that A & E could keep Leah’s show running for years. That thought is what keeps Miscavage up nights.

Putting up an attack web site is like trying to stop the rain by waving your umbrella. It may keep you busy, but the rain will still fall. As most still in clams will never admit to cruising the internet, who is going to see that attack sites? Only the developer and DM. No one else cares enough to risk an expensive sec check.

This ongoing crescendo of doubled-down-on stupidity by Miscavige and Co. must really be doing wonders for their recruitment of celebrities. What celebrity wants to go into Scientology, knowing that if they get screwed over by the Church and decide to fight back they will end up having to put up with this sort of never ending BS.

Good point Sad State of Affairs. They won’t get ANY more celebrities in now. 2.1 Million people saw that airing. Wow. And there are 7 more to go! Leah and Mike, kudos to you and thank you so much for doing this. As one who has had my own flesh and blood disconnect from me on orders of the church, what you did is so amazing and it gives me hope that I”ll be reunited with my kids one day. You are very brave both of you. You just climbed an 8 foot fence and jumped down off it onto the bully’s back. You’re winning! Listen to DM howl because you are winning.

I have watched you from a far for a long time, for the first time I like this posting. I have a half sister in scientology, who like you has been in her entire life, all her children. I have tried to understand her through you, i never will, but i have tried. Some might say i was lucky enough to be directly under Hubbard and saw the tyrany early on, enough to escape as a young child.

I wouldn’d say i was lucky, but i was savvy enough to know Hubbard was a nasty bit of work, and trained Micavige well to continue in the same vein.

I never would of imagined I would be writing this to you, but right now, this minute i find a respect for you, i never thought possible.

Nice to see you take on specifics (such as they are) from the smear websites. The accusation that Leah personally hired a PI to track down a member seems to be designed to cause a legal response from team Leah. I wonder if there is a plan, or it’s just impossible for OSA to avoid confessing / projecting (where just plain leaving well alone would be the better choice…)

I love the use of smear letters etc as advertising for the show.

Watch out for how the criminal organisation known as the “church” of $cientology ABSOLUTELY NOT shows the opposite side of the argument. It’s almost like they’re paralysed with fear of getting caught in a debate they can never master…

Leah also tracked me down and sent a large German shepherd to attack me after I was done shopping at K-Mart. Possibly because I laughed at the wrong time when she was shooting King of Queens. But be that as it may, it’s a well documented fact.

Dave Miscavige, where the screams don’t quite drown out the pain
And the lies you tell, sure do smell
When the words come from your addled brain

Dave Miscavige, ev’ry night my mom and dad and I
Sit alone and talk and laugh a lot making plans to celebrate our lives

We know we belong to ourselves (yo-ho)
And your church is a monster from hell
And when we say
Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay!
We’re only sayin’
You’re doin’ bad, Dave Miscavige!
Dave Miscavige, you’re slayed!

Interesting isn’t it. He should know they are bad and not hire them. 😉 methinks either he’s making lots and lots and lots of poor personnel choices or his personnel are not as poor as he claims. Hmm. Which is it?

Wow, hard hitting stuff. Very moving documentary by Leah, it’s about life and how Scientology lives it. The program is indeed an educational fest about how Scientology winds itself into people’s lives using the one button any socially minded person takes very sincerely and is prepared to sacrifice themselves for, Help, to help others and to feel part of something big and worthwhile.
For me in viewing the program I quickly understood how I have a special understanding of all this – I know what everyone is talking about. The secrets of Scientology I am privy to and I know how it treats people, it did pretty much the same to me and my extended family. However, I see Leah’s program more of a declaration of war. The gauntlet has been well and truly slapped across Miscavige’s face. The aftermath as the above denotes is almost script perfect, Miscavige is so unbelievably predictable. I truly hope he feels under threat by forces unknown. Given enough motivation and the right type of rope he will hang himself with his own words.
How all this is going to pan out… well… it’s early days but I truly hope with all I’ve got it gets through to people at large and those that count just what a deceiving and mindbogglingly disgusting organisation Scientology is. It will be interesting to see how the media runs with this, loyalties will be tested but the one thing that is common to Scientology is that lies abound around it like flies to crap. Lawyers will have their income enhanced by this action – I hope it is short lived.
Brilliant work Leah, Mike and all who have contributed. Shots in anger have been fired. I hope they are accurate enough to do sufficient damage now that the battle is truly intensifying. Best of luck, the people still inside need you more than ever and yes it is worth every effort.

I just don’t understand why Dave won’t come on these national TV shows and attack you and Leah personally so he can show the whole world just how awesome he is and how “coolest” his religion is.

I mean it would be so easy for him to get his message across. He could even have Tom Cruise join him on the set. Piece of cake. Entheta handled.

If the host gets a bit testy with him or gives him a suspicious look, Dave could just leap across the table and bitch slap the host into pie-faced obedience. Then the audience would really see just what a wonderful ecclesiastical leader the pope of $cientology really is.

Megyn Kelly could pull this off. Bet Anderson Cooper would do it. Oprah?

Come on Dave. Grow and pair and set it up. Don’t you wanna have tens of millions of viewers see who you really are?

Well it will take a lot more that a communication course and re – retread of the hard Trs course to get His Annointed Ass anywhere near close to taking on the real spokesperson for the cherch.

Thank you Mike Rinder for being the planets official truth teller about all that is $cientology! You and Leah have taken it to a whole new level. Kudos to you both and to all appearing on her show.

Yo Dave,
If you had half a nut left in your sack you would debate Mr. Mike Rinder at a televised event and prove to the world what a benevolent ecclesiastical leader you really are. Do it for all of us Dave!

Or would you rather debate Leah instead? That dear leader would put you immediately out of your misery!

Lil davey the terrible appears to have been turned into lil davey the timid and been pushed down the tone scale from his chronic position of “controlling bodies” to “hiding from bodies” by Leah’s in-your-face little man frontal assault! I’m loving that!

All of the the thousand of declared folks and disconnected family members have long needed a fierce champion with a high public profile to lead the charge and now they have one! Don’t ever stop until the cherch, under lil davey the tyrannical, stops destroying families and is completely either reformed or disbanded!

Unfortunately for him, would Dave do that to any of us degraded beings, we’ll call the police and his little narcissist ass will land in jail, where he’ll meet even more degraded beings who really dislike being yelled at by tiny dwarves with pompadours.

Bravo Mike, totally on target and pulling no punches.
Miscavige is engaged in the wholesale alteration of time form place and event and does so on wide open communication channels in response to a show that garnered 2.1 million viewers. Either colossal stupidity or arrogant beyond belief. Either way, he is making Scientologists everywhere look like DOPES.

My whole month is complete with this crackling piece of yours I archived and Beautiful inside & out Leah.Thank you All,I am gob-smacked by what has been done.The Cult is Howling Now.Let them scream,they are liars and all of us who have been “touched” or rather man-handled by Scientology know that instinctively.??

David Miscavige, must really hate it that Mike Rinder is so much smarter than him and is exposing him again and again … (maybe he shouldn’t have treated him so badly… ). Also he is very articulate and doesn’t need a Shermann or a Suggs to talk and doesn’t need a Pouw to hide behind.

Leah Remini and Mike Rinder are really a power-duo; must be a nightmare for Dear Leader.

And DM – don’t think anybody is buying that you are above it – it is clear to everybody that you are just a cowered hiding behind your ‘rank’ and ‘Pouw’ and are too chicken to speak up publicly yourself.

Spot on, MIke. In a country that can divide so strongly in the Trump vs Clinton debate, no one outside Scientology’s information controlled bubble sides with Miscavige and his band of flying monkeys. No one. Miscavige and Scientology have created their own cesspool of greedy misdeeds and the public can smell it a mile away. Only Miscavige is delusional enough to think his shit doesn’t stink.

Since C$I was kind enough to put their ‘copyright’ notice on the bottom of the smear page, a printed out screen grab will make a nice attachment to an IRS Form 13909 Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint (Referral). It really doesn’t seem like an appropriate way for a 501(c)3 organization to be spending it’s money.

I hope the “Dear Leader” does indeed read this, however I wish no harm to anyone for his resulting explosion.

Funny that knowing what I know of you from this blog (which I subscribe to), Going Clear, and all of the other Videos out there, I knew and could identify the SAME COS BS you point out in this post before I read it. It truly is a testament to their desperation. If someone can connect these dots by reading the COS statement even before you point it all out.. WOW… And to think, I have never even been in Scientology.

“Since C$I was kind enough to put their ‘copyright’ notice on the bottom of the smear page, a printed out screen grab will make a nice attachment to an IRS Form 13909 Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint (Referral). It really doesn’t seem like an appropriate way for a 501(c)3 organization to be spending it’s money.”

Pickanotherid you are spot on. I hope someone takes this and runs with it.

Beautifully stated, Mike. And when we saw the show, my lady and I agreed that the sincerity of Leah, and all the other speakers, was unquestionable. The stats for the first of 8 were quite remarkable. I won’t be surprised to see even better ones for the succeeding episodes. I feel certain that Davey is more than a bit terrified at the prospects.

It’s kind of baffling as to whom this website is intended for. I would not expect many of the general public to have any particular interest in reading it. And if they did read it, wouldn’t it be the kind of publicity that would make them even MORE interested in seeing the next episode to check out the “bad chick” the CoS is slamming to see what this is all about? (Kind of Glutz PR, no?)

Also as we all know, these sites do make the CoS look like a very vindictive “church.” The easy answer would be that the site is intended for Scientologists, so as to “dead agent” Leah, Mike and the show. I guess most Scientologists can’t help but hear about the show, as the story is on major sites like Huffington and regular news programs. But again, wouldn’t even directing Scientologists to this site put their attention on the fact that a TV series is now on for a few weeks ABOUT their church, and make them at least a wee bit interested in checking it out? Or at least drive them somewhat downtone knowing about it?

Yeah, folks … these are the people who are the “experts” in PR! Hahahaha .. they’ve studied a whole SERIES of lots of LRH policy on the subject, which means they KNOW the truth and the “tech” about it and so no longer can be the effect of the subject … yeah, that’s the ticket …

Hmmm … you know … there’s a seminar coming up on the Freewinds that makes people expert in this area …. maybe Leah can challenge Sharron Weber to a debate … now THAT would be a hoot …

I agree with you about the CofS smear websites. When I first became interested in learning more about the conflicts between the Church and some outspoken ex-members, I went to view those sites, to be fair and get both sides, and was appalled at the CofS vindictive, nasty tone and their putting up the most unflattering photos, it was just awful, and seemed like something an angry 12-year old would do to get back at someone. It solidified my support of the ex-members. The CofS own sites did more to turn my opinion against them than anything else.

How many ex-members have pinpointed as the straw that broke the camel’s back for them was when they were brought into a confidential briefing to be shown Freedom Magazine and other dead agent materials? Numerous.

I’ve heard it said before around here before, and it makes sense to me: These dead agent websites and attacks are intended for an audience of one — he who is also the author of same. Smelling his own ass fumes.

I moved on. For more than 30 years I was good and moved on. My closest friends had no clue that I had been involved in scientology. Then In 2011 David Miscavige had a brilliant idea to attempt to recover me. For six long months I was stalked and got hundreds of telephone calls and thousands of letters because he believed I would come back because he believed I had money to spend. The only way I was able to shut it all down was to become an active, vocal critic, something I never wanted to be.

Well guess what David Miscavige, I’m back. I have stories and they are coming out little by little. Why? Because

You. Will. Not. Allow. Anyone. To. Move. On. Bad move.

If Miscavige actually allowed people to just walk away, none of this would be happening.

“If Miscavige actually allowed people to just walk away, none of this would be happening.”
This simple truth about Scientology’s insistence for labels on enemies to internally “protect” the group from within only guarantees their demise. I think Miscavige is making the mistake of applying the worst aspects of Scientology but even without Miscavige destroying from within, the subject itself needs gutting. Further proof that the re-balancing of the *subject* could only be done by an external agency with no ties or ramifications from the cult itself.

Right on Valerie. Madman or Mesiah is an apt term.
No doubt it’s madman. And Hubbards legacy? Turning members into mad men and women. If they weren’t so crazy we would just ignore them all. But when they separate us from family and friends we can’t just stand by and do nothing.

Valerie, I so agree with you. I walked away 32 years ago but was still connected to my Scn family and had no problems. We had a good status quo, absolutely no problems. Then the intervention started happening about 7 years ago, after all that time………….now what do we have, my family disconnected from me and in all of that a son too. They caused this themselves…Never in a million years would I have thought that I would become a vocal critic of the church.

If they would have just left us alone, we would not have even gone on any anti-church sites as we did not care whatsoever. We were just living our lives and thought of our time in the SO as a previous lifetime….hahaha

Of all of the things available in their vast arsenals of Ethics, Tech and Admin they choose “Propaganda by Redefinition of Words?”

What an insult to intelligence and basic decency.

Scientology ™ is now the poster child for every “Globalist Elite Organization” hiding behind lawyers and statistics for justification of their existence. So what if they are communists, or fascists or abortionists or rapists or implanters or …?

No human decency there.

And promoting “too big to fail”: They should all be in jail, but then maybe that is closer to the truth …”too big to jail…..”

Remember, it was Dorothy’s dog, Toto, that pulled the curtain on Mr. “Ignore the man behind the curtain.” Wizard of Oz….

Don’t expect a brain from DM…..he needs one himself, as well as a heart, but it would probably be rejected..

Hah! Something rarely noted, but DM certainly lacks for courage, too! What with “hot and cold running lawyers”, body guards, a personalized tank/limo/van, and isolated residences…
I’d be impressed if he was seen riding around in taxis, buses, and airliners with the rest of us!

Wow, one of your best. Good to see the emotion! Finally got to see it last night via the A&E app for free on T-Mobile. (they don’t count most video streaming against your data cap). Can’t wait for the next one. Thanks for being a part of this.

Of those on the OSA Int staff list, who are the ones who do these smear sites?

And what were their post titles?

I’d be interested in these smear ghost writers’ post titles, and that would lead to their training.

I used to be a training supervisor for staff, and the Hat Checksheets for the staff in OSA contain various LRH references which they base their actual smear ghost writing on.

The whole OSA Network Bulletins were compiled from the top 100 or so Hubbard relevant policies and private despatches and from old Guardian’s Office (disbanded) era writings particularly the relevant Guardian’s Office era writings of Hubbard that are relevant to OSA’s smear ghost writing today. (I remember when I very briefly worked in the compilers’ spaces where LRH issues compiling was being done, I began to use the cubby space that Trish Allen and Jacqueline Kevanar had been using to do the OSA Int Network Orders compilation project they were doing, and I’d known Trish from years earlier when he did her own OEC/FEBC training, and I looked over some of the OSA Network Orders during their approval paperwork time.)

Naming who in OSA does this continual smearing, and naming the detailed OSA Network Bulletins, it’s all relevant to a detailed study of why this persists.

It’s people’s jobs to do this smearing, they have their “Hat” to do this and get this done.

Chuck, these sites are a combination of people in Invest and people in PR (Freedom). The references that are used are all out there — PR Series 18, Intelligence Principles etc etc. See the recent post I did about Fair Game and how the church handles attackers.

I have certainly admitted to lying WHEN I WAS IN THE CHURCH. It is common, in fact routine, for scientologists to lie when they are operating on the “greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics” and the greater purpose of “planetary clearing.”

Please tell us a few of the more stellar episodes you were involved in and lied your ass off. And for sure include obtaining a tourist visa to move to Florida from the ship and lying your ass off saying you were going on vacation, and definitely NOT intending to remain in the US when the truth was you and all the rest of the crew were moving permanently.

Love that Glenn.
Or that on board the Apollo we were NOT scientologists but a “management consulting company” — Operation and Transport Corp.
Or that we were NOT scientology in Florida but “United Churches of Florida”
Or that David Miscavige never beat me.
Nothing like Xenu and volcanoes exists in scientology.
etc etc etc

We were deeply trained, drilled to the nth degree on how to lie convincingly. The truth was something that was not allowed to pass our lips WHILE WE WERE IN. It was so freeing to leave that behind and once again begin telling the truth like we were raised to do before scientology.

What “ethical group” teaches its members to lie? None. If you are proclaiming from the rooftops that you are ethical but training your top executives the “art” of a convincing lie, you might be scientology.

“scientology cannot do anything not covered in policy written by L. Ron Hubbard”

This truism reminded me about the reason the Allies did NOT have Hitler assassinated (which could have been EASILY accomplished). His orders were SO destructive to Germany’s conduct of the war as opposed to what his generals could do, that they left him alive to hasten the end of the war.

Hubbard’s own policies are driving the Church into the ground at top speed too.

It is So good that you guys are putting this info out to the world. This show is both an inoculation for non-scientologists and a possible cure for those still in.

Hubbard’s framework for staffs, there is obviously immense focus on staff training.

Staff “hatting” is done by Checksheets like the above, which is just ONE of the dozens and dozens of “Hat Checksheets” for each of the staff in a sub unit of the Hubbard organizatons.

Today’s “OSA – Office of Special Affairs” does the smearing oversight and some of the OSA staff do actual smear writing.

It’d historical to get the names of those who do this organized institutionalized smearing.

And all time thanks again, historically to Frank Oliver, who was a DSA Invest Trainee who leaking his training Hat Checksheet, one of the only recently leaked “Hat Checksheets” showing what OSA nefarious training consists of.

Wouldn’t it be great to film a segment with Mike and Leah showing up with the film crew on El Con Way. That would get a reality sound bite or two. Better yet, head to Hemet for the season two opener……. “The Happy People of Hemet.”

Important Quotes

If the org slumps during this transition period, don't engage in "fund raising"
or "selling postcards" or borrowing money. Just make more income with Scientology.
L Ron Hubbard From HCOPL URGENT ORG PROGRAMMING

"We own a tremendous amount of property. We own a tremendous amount of material and so forth, and it keeps growing.
But that’s not important. When buildings get important to us, for God sakes, some of you born revolutionists will you please blow up central headquarters".
L Ron Hubbard Lecture 31 Dec 1960

"Personal integrity is knowing what you know. What you know is what you know and to have the courage to know and say what you have observed".- LRH from Personal Integrity

"It is necessary to happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists of professing to believe what he does not believe." Thomas Paine

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Martin Luther King

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” - Martin Luther King

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

“Communication is the universal solvent” - L Ron Hubbard

“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” Thomas Paine

"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth." William Faulkner

"The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis." Dalai Lama